Tribal Courts

This page provides links to official tribal court websites. In addition, it provides general information on justice systems of Tribal nations. For information on Tribal Constitutions or Tribal Codes, please see those specific pages.

Tribal Courts (from the Internet Archive) is a site provided by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and contains information concerning specific tribal courts. The information, accessed by BIA areas, includes tribal court name, address, phone number, and fax number. The names of tribal court judges are also included. The New Mexico Criminal Justice Directory has a Listing of Tribal Courts in New Mexico on their site. For another on-line listing of tribal court contact information - see National Tribal Justice Resource Center Listing.

1. Bay Mills Indian Community Tribal Court
2. Bois Forte Tribal Court
3. Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska Tribal Courts
4. Cherokee Nation (OK) Judicial Branch
5. Chickasaw Nation Judicial Branch
6. Citizen Potawatomi Nation Tribal Court
7. Coeur d’Alene Tribal Court
8. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Tribal Court
9. Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Court
10. Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Tribal Court
11. Coquille Indian Tribal Court
12. Crow Court of Appeals
13. Forest County Potawatomi Tribal Court
14. Ho-Chunk Nation Judiciary
15. Hoopa Valley Tribal Court
16. Hopland Band of Pomo Indians Tribal Court
17. Karuk Tribal Court
18. Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Tribal Court
19. Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Court
20. Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Tribal Court
21. Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Tribal Court
22. Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians Tribal Court
23. Mohegan Tribal Court
24. Muscogee Creek Judicial Branch
25. Judicial Branch of the Navajo Nation
26. Nez Perce Tribal Court
27. Ninilchik Tribal Court
28. Nisqually Tribal Court
29. Passamaquoddy Tribal Court
30. Pawnee Tribal Court
31. Poarch Creek Indians Tribal Court
32. Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians Tribal Court
33. Port Gamble S’Klallam Court Services
34. Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Judicial Services
35. Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma Judicial System
36. Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Court
37. Sandia Pueblo Court System
38. Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal Court
39. Swinomish Tribal Court
40. Tulalip Tribes Tribal Court
41. United Keetoowah Band Tribal Court
42. Walker River Paiute Tribe Civil Court
43. White Earth Reservation Tribal Court
44. Yurok Tribal Court

National Tribal Justice Organizations

1. The National American Indian Court Judges Association (NAICJA) is a national voluntary association (non-profit corporation since 1969) of Tribal Court judges. The Association is primarily devoted to the support of American Indian and Alaska Native justice systems through education, information sharing, and advocacy. The mission of the Association, as a national membership organization, is to strengthen and enhance tribal justice systems. NAICJA's site contains the following:
   1. About Us
   2. Events
   3. Resources
   4. Legislation
   5. Regions
   6. Join
   7. Login
   8. Contact NAICJA
2. The National Tribal Justice Resource Center was established by the National American Indian Court Judges Association (NAICJA) under a grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) of the U.S. Department of Justice on September 1, 2000, and was the culmination of years of advocacy and work to fulfill the dream of providing a source of daily support and assistance to tribal justice systems nationwide. If you work in a tribal court and require assistance, you may email Tina Farrenkopf or Vince Knight or call the center toll free at 877-97NTJRC. Some of the links on this site are: 
   1. Tribal Court Codes & Constitutions
   2. Tribal Court Opinions
   3. Supreme Court Decisions
   4. Tribal Courts Online
   5. Funding Opportunities
   6. Training & Events Calendar
   7. Talking Circle Message Board
   8. Publications
3. National Association of Tribal Court Personnel (NATCP), formerly the National Association of Tribal Court Clerks, is a voluntary association of tribal court personnel. NATCP can be reached at the following:

NATCP
c/o Hon. Robert Miller, President
National Association of Tribal Court Personnel
1920 Spring Creek Circle
Green Bay, Wisconsin 54311
Phone: (920) 468-8197
Fax: (920) 468-8198
Email: RMJ143@compuserve.com

4. DC Native American Bar Association (NABA DC) is established to promote the education and advancement of Native American, Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian political and legal issues.
5. Minnesota American Indian Bar Association (MAIBA) is a non-profit organization of American Indian attorneys and law students, non-Indian attorneys and law students who are interested in Indian law, and American Indians who serve as advocates, prosecutors or judicial officers in tribal courts.
6. Native American Bar Association (NABA) serves as the national association for Native American attorneys, judges, law professors and law students. Founded in 1973 as the American Indian Lawyers Association, NABA works to promote issues important to the Native American community and works to improve professional opportunities for Native American lawyers. NABA strives to be a leader on social, cultural, political and legal issues affecting American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.
7. Navajo Nation Bar Association (NNBA) was established by the Judges of the Navajo Nation Courts on October 18, 1978, who recognized a need for a properly organized bar association to regulate the practice of law, administer bar examinations, and to promote the professionalism of the practice of law in the Navajo Nation. For over twenty years, the NNBA has been an association of attorneys and tribal court advocates.
8. Northwest Indian Bar Association (NIBA) is a non-profit organization comprised of Indian attorneys and judges in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington, and in spirit in British Columbia and the Yukon Territory, which aspires to improve the legal and political landscape for the Pacific Northwest Indian Country.
9. National Native American Law Students Association was founded in 1970 to promote the study of federal Indian law and to support Native American students in law school. NNALSA strives to reach out to Native communities and encourages Native People to pursue legal education and to educate the legal community about Native issues.
10. Oklahoma Indian Bar Association is comprised of Attorneys, Judges, Law Students, & Tribal Court Clerks dedicated to the advancement of Indian law in Oklahoma.
11. Tribal Police Committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police is a voluntary association of tribal law enforcement which can be reached at the following:

    Dorothy Lameman Fulton, Chief
    Navajo Department of Criminal Investigations
    Post Office Box 3360
    Window Rock, Arizona  86515

12. Southwest Intertribal Court of Appeals (SWITCA) is a voluntary court of appeals available to tribes in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and west Texas, and posts SWITCA Rules of Appellate Procedure.